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Some of their practices were canceled by colonialism; others, preserved in ice as Ötzi was, are dissolving with the melting permafrost, taking the visual keys to ancient cosmologies and with them.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Japan's prime ministers often say they are dissolving parliament to take a policy question to voters, though it can also be in response to a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2023

As the Arctic warms and transforms, many of its most iconic, frozen features are dissolving away.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2021

But suburban teens have now caught up in their droves, at the precise cultural moment where genres are dissolving into one another.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019

It will be hardest because we finally have good news, because the emotions we used to hold back are dissolving and new ones are forming.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie